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 * ~ Geography ||~  ||
 * Location || a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia ||
 * Geographic coordinates || 42 50 N, 12 50 E ||
 * Continent || Europe ||
 * Area || 301,340 sq km ||
 * Area comparison || slightly larger than Arizona ||
 * Border countries || Austria, France, Vatican City, Slovenia, Switzerland, San Marino ||
 * Climate || predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south ||
 * Terrain || mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands ||
 * Natural resources || coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land ||
 * Natural hazzards || regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice, and Volcanic erruptions ||


 * ~ People ||~  ||
 * Total population || 61,261,254 (July 2012 est.) ||
 * Age structure || 0-14 years: 13.8% (male 4,315,292/female 4,124,624) 15-64 years: 65.9% (male 19,888,901/female 20,330,495) 65 years and over: 20.3% (male 5,248,418/female 7,109,074) (2011 est.)  ||
 * Life expectancy || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">total: <span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">43.5 years <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;">male: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">42.4 years <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;">female: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">44.7 years (2011 est.)  ||
 * Nationality || Italian ||
 * Religions || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">Christian 80% (overwhelming Roman Catholic with <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">very small groups of Jehova Witnesses and Protestants), <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">Muslims NEGL (about 700,000 but growing), Atheists and Agnostics 20% ||
 * Languages || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area) ||
 * Literacy || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">total population: <span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">98.4% <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;">male: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">98.8% <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;">female: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">98% (2001 census)  ||


 * ~ Government ||~  ||
 * Country name || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">Italian Republic ||
 * Government type || Republic ||
 * Capital || Rome ||
 * Chief of State/ head of Government || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">President Giorgio NAPOLITANO (since 15 May 2006) ||


 * ~ Economy ||~  ||
 * Labor force by occupation || Twenty five million ||
 * Agriculture || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">agriculture: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">3.9% ||
 * Industry || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">industry: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">28.3% ||
 * Exported commodities || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">engineering products, textiles and clothing, production <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">minerals, and nonferrous metals ||
 * Imported commodities || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">textiles and clothing; food, beverages, and tobacco ||
 * Currency || Euros ||


 * ~ Communication ||~  ||
 * Number of land line phones || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">21.6 million (2010) ||
 * Number of Cell phones || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">82 million (2010) ||


 * ~ Transportation ||~  ||
 * Airports || 132 ||
 * Paved Airports || 101 ||
 * Roadways || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">487,700 km ||
 * Roadways compared to the world || 13 ||


 * ~ Miscellaneous Information ||~  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ebeff2; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',Verdana,sans-serif;">Pizza was "invented" in Naples around 1860s ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ebeff2; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',Verdana,sans-serif;">Italy is slightly larger than Arizona. ||  ||
 * The Renaissance started in Italy ||  ||
 * The telephone was invented in Italy ||  ||
 * The ice cream cone was invented in Italy ||  ||
 * Type writer is an Italian invention ||  ||


 * ~ Sources ||~  ||
 * CIA Fact book || http;//www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html ||
 * Life in Italy.com || [] ||